"It's ok, he's on his way." Vidal told me, referring to Remi who was getting Bunny back.

"What happened?" Vidal's dad said softly, recovering from his shock about my nickname.

"Her bunny. I left him in the car." Vidal said.

"Aw, it's ok, Sweetheart. The bunny is going to be perfectly fine. Remi is going to get him for you now." Vidal's dad assured me.

I peeked at his face and was reminded of how Uncle Rico stole his face. I cringed, not liking that one bit.

How did he copy his face like that?

Suddenly, I felt a terrible cramping, aching feeling in my lower belly. I hadn't noticed it before, but now everything around me was becoming bad. I quickly sprung off Vidal's lap, not wanting to make this day any worse by embarrassing myself.

"What's wrong?" Vidal asked in shock.

I frowned as the cramping got worse. I clutched my shirt tightly in my hand over my belly. As soon as the pain calmed a little, I looked around the room and spotted a bathroom. I looked back at Vidal's confused face and then I ran to the bathroom in embarrassment.

"W-what? I..." Vidal said in confusion.

"She's on her period." His dad told him, making me even more embarrassed.

How did he know?

"Oh, Remi. There you are. Do you have any pads?" Their father asked.

"Yeah, Ari left some in the bathroom... in the cabinet under the sink... here's the bunny." Remi said softly.

I immediately went for the cabinet and I fixed my situation as best as I could for now.

As soon as I was done dealing with my business, I left the bathroom hoping to see my bunny. I hated my period, the dull pain never went away, and then it always got worse when it was most inconvenient to me.

When I walked out of the bathroom, embarrassed as hell and in an annoying kind of pain that made me want to die a little, I saw Bunny in Vidal's hand. I quickly grabbed Bunny and I hugged him tightly.

"Come here." Vidal said, pulling me into his arms.

I let him pull me into his lap as we sat down on the couch.

"It's ok." He told me when I hid from his brother and father.

"It's embarrassing." I whispered to him, expecting them to make fun of me. To taunt me, to tell me how disgusting I am, and then tell me how I'd be used by men, how my fertility might one day be used to make me a breeder. None of that came though.

"It's not. It's beautiful." He said, kissing my forehead and rubbing my back.

I didn't care about anything anymore, as long as I was in Vidal's arms with Bunny in my lap, I was content.

"You ok, Sweetheart?" Vidal's dad asked me.

I wasn't feeling particularly social at the moment, so I just continued to hide in Vidal's embrace.

"Come on, Kiwi. My dad won't hurt you." Vidal said.

"Oh, my God. You and kiwis... can we never speak of kiwis again, please?" His dad asked, groaning and putting his hand on his head.

I frowned and wondered why he didn't like kiwis. They were so special. I peaked at him and then cringed again.

Why did uncle Rico steal his face?

I hid again in Vidal's safe arms. Vidal squeezed me tightly making my back pop in such a pleasurable way.

"Oh, sorry. Did that hurt?" He asked me, completely loosening his grip in horror.

I hummed in delight and shook my head. I felt a foreign hand touch me and I let out a scream. I looked back and saw Remi's hand on my back, scaring me. I wrapped my arms around Vidal's neck and squeezed him tightly.

"Hey. Hey, it's ok. Nobody here will ever hurt you." Vidal assured me.

I didn't want to be there anymore. I just wanted to go back to Vidal's small wooden house on the island. He started rocking me back and forth and trying to calm my nerves, but I was very scared and it wasn't helping me very much. Eventually, Vidal made the decision that I needed to suck on my thumb.

"I take it this is what everyone is freaking out about?" Vidal's dad said when he saw me sucking my thumb.

"The thumb thing?" Vidal asked, kissing my forehead and rubbing my back.

"Yeah."

"I don't think anyone saw it. They just thinks I've been sleeping with Kiara and taking advantage of her." Vidal said, tightening his grip on me as if he might lose me.

I didn't like this topic of conversation. I hated it when people talked about this stuff.

"Guys. Let's talk about something else." Remi said, making me eternally grateful.

"What?" Vidal's dad asked.

"Why don't we get to know Kiara a little more?" Remi suggested.

"I think it's time for Kiara and I to head home actually." Vidal said, making my tense body relax just a little.

"Alright. Give the princess some chocolate and have her relax a little. Some heat pads will help the cramps." Vidal's dad instructed.

I didn't know why he claimed such things. But I had never tried them, so he could be right. Vidal began walking out of the room and I peaked over his shoulder at Remi and smiled. Remi was nice. I gave him a small wave, hoping he wasn't angry that I screamed when he touched me. Remi smiled and waved back at me.

Vidal carried me to the car, begging me to be his strong girl for just a little while longer. When we got to the car, Vidal set me down and then came around to sit beside me.

"Well... At least I've got two people that still think I'm a good man." He sighed.

"Three." I corrected him, taking my thumb out of my mouth so I could speak. I wiped my hand on my shirt and then rested against the chair.

"That's right. Three." He smiled, kissing the back of my hand.

I smiled and then he started the car.

"Seatbelt on, Kiwi." Vidal told me as the car started saying things to him in a weird mechanical sounding voice.

I tried to attach my seatbelt but it wouldn't stick like when Vidal did it. He chuckled and did it for me, making me look up at him in awe.

"Kittens?" I asked him.

"You want to go back and see the kittens?" He asked me.

I nodded my head trying to make my eyes big and pouty so he would relent and he smiled.

"Then we'll go see the kittens, baby." He said to me.

He drove back to the place where we had left earlier and there were no cars there anymore. He took me to see the big kitties and they were so beautiful. I giggled when one of them yawned, it's big teeth showing.

"You are really something else." He laughed.

I looked up at him for an explanation.

"The last thing I expected was a giggle after a scary cougar yawned at us." He told me.

I smiled and looked at the cougar.

"Do you wanna see a monkey? Oh... We also have some snakes." He said to me.

"Monkey!" I squealed.

He chuckled and took my hand, leading me to another area where there were monkeys. The monkeys were funny. One of them even climbed my head when Vidal brought it out. I loved this place. I wished we could come everyday and see the monkeys and the kitties and puppies.

"You like animals more than I expected." Vidal said.

"Snakes?!" I said excitedly.

He nodded and led me to the snakes. I picked one up when he took us there and he looked at me in shock. I don't think he expected me to pick one up.

"Hm... let's go see the bunnies. You can introduce them to your bunny." He chuckled.

I was about to start crying. This was the best day of my life. I wanted to see bunnies and all the other animals. Everything was so perfect here.

"Do you like the park?" He asked me.

I nodded my head vigorously as I picked up a bunny. It was so soft and fluffy. This was the single best thing that had ever happened to me. I was in high spirits when we were with the animals, I was feeling so happy, and so at peace.

But then Vidal got a call that made him angry and things went downhill after that. He started saying things about not wanting to go back to the island. Apparently everyone had gone to the island for the dinner and he didn't want to go back there.

He explained it all to me after the call. He said they told him that we should settle down in the city and they were planning a dinner on the island for before we left, but then they told him the dinner would be in the city and so we came to the city. But after we came, they changed the dinner location again. So he was just frustrated because he didn't want to travel all the way to the island and then back. But now we had to.

After the call, we headed back home to the island, forgot Bunny in the car, had to wait for Vidal's brother to drop him off and then worst of all I saw myself in the mirror. I looked so ugly with all the bruises everywhere.

Vidal was on the verge of breaking down the entire time because I was being difficult. It only made me more scared that he would get rid of me for being so bratty. I knew he was a good guy, I knew he wouldn't hurt me, but I was really pushing it.

"Kiwi... can I do anything?" Vidal asked me once I finally got settled in bed with my thumb in my mouth.

He was being very cautious not to upset me after the crazy afternoon we'd had where absolutely everything went completely wrong. I refused to eat when he asked me and threw a complete tantrum when he tried to convince me to eat and now he's scared I'll start sobbing again.

I shook my head with a sniffle as I curled up with Bunny under the covers.

"Alright... do you want time alone?" He asked me.

I nodded my head, sniffling again.

He nodded and stepped closer to me, causing me to frown.

"Can I have a hug?" He asked me.

My eyes started to well up again. I just wanted to be left alone, but I still didn't want to be mean.

"Ok. Ok. Never mind." He said, backing away from me and heading towards the door to the bedroom.

I felt horrible now, wishing I'd given him a hug when he asked.

"Ok... listen though, I have to go to the dinner, so I'm leaving my phone and if you need anything, call Remi." He said to me.

I frowned up at him more angrily now.

Why would I call his brother and not him?

"You have to call Remi because I won't have my phone, Kiwi. Ok? I'll answer his phone and then come to you." He told me.

I nodded and sniffled again.

He set his phone down by the door and he left. It took me half an hour without him to panic again.

He was gone.

He left and he was upset when he left.

I made him upset.

After everything he had been through because of me, he had remained calm and stayed nice to me and then I made his day a complete disaster.

I called his name, hoping maybe he hadn't really left the little house, but I was met with an eerie silence. I quickly got out of bed and I ran around the tiny house looking for him.

He was gone.

After putting a lot of thought into it, I realized I needed to please him. I needed to do something for him that would show him I was done being a brat and that I would serve him like a good girl.

I ran around the little house, cleaning every visible surface and tidying everything up. I sure hoped it would satisfy him, but what if he never came back to see all this. It had been a whole hour, and I just wanted him back.

After cleaning, I went to the bathroom and I took a shower like he'd asked me to before. I continued running around in a panic, trying to find other ways to please him. I baked him some cookies because I knew he liked them last time.

After waiting for an hour at the door on my knees in the submissive position, hoping he would come back and be pleased with me, I realized that I had done it. He was gone forever and he'd never come back to me.

He hated me.

He didn't want me anymore.

He'd probably send me back to that terrible place.

I paced the living room for the next few minutes, and then I did something I was dreading. I ran out of the little house, hoping that maybe he was still on the Island and he didn't fly off.

I felt like a complete imbecile for letting him leave before I fixed things. He said he was going to the family dinner but he had so many reasons to hate me. I refused to even hug him.

So, I ran through a bunch of trees, not actually knowing where I was going and then I finally emerged and saw a big house with lights on. It looked familiar. I had a suspicion that it was the one we were at when those two ladies tried to talk to us.

Maybe he was there.